American golfer babe Paige Spiranac

Paige Spiranac is an American social media personality, golf instructor, and former professional golfer. She played Division 1 college golf at both the University of Arizona and San Diego State University, winning All-Mountain West Conference honors during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons, and leading the Aztecs to their first Mountain West Conference Championship in 2015.

Paige Renee Spiranac was born on March 26, 1993, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. She practiced gymnastics in hopes of competing in the Olympics. At 12, a twice-broken kneecap derailed her gymnastics dreams and pushed her towards golf.

In her early golf career, Paige Spiranac won five tournaments in seven tries on Colorado’s junior golf circuit, including the 2010 CWGA Junior Stroke Play. She became a top-20 junior player in the world, a top-5 college recruit, and a two-time West Region Player of the Year, and a first-team All-American as a member of the Future Collegians World Tour.

Paige Spiranac made her professional golf debut in May 2016. She debuted on the developmental Cactus Tour at the Las Colinas club in Queen Creek, Arizona. In her third start, a sudden-death win at Scottsdale’s Orange Tree Country Club over Hannah O’Sullivan, earned her first tour win.

Paige Spiranac next finished ninth at Stallion Mountain. At the Aliante Golf Club, she finished 17th out of 52 golfers. In July, she finished eight-over-par for a seventh-place finish at Walnut Creek in Mansfield, Texas. Later the same month, she made the cut at the Scottish Open in the Ladies’ European Tour.

In September 2016, Paige Spiranac finished in a three-way second-place tie at Legacy in Phoenix, Arizona, which was her second-best finish of the year. A two-under-par final round produced another top-five finish at Trilogy, in October.

In August 2016, Paige Spiranac competed in her first LPGA Qualifying Tournament but did not earn a card to play on the professional circuit.

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